Chapter 71 Even if they are fake insects, the king wouldn't...

Ai Ying stared blankly at the figure dressed in simple black clothes for a moment.

At this moment, in this warm and comfortable nest, for some reason, she suddenly remembered the scene when they first met.

At that time, she was just an ordinary human who was unaware of her own abilities and could only barely disguise herself as the Insect King with her blood.

Faced with the sudden appearance of a powerful insectoid lord, she thought she would be drained of her blood and devoured.

She was prepared to die a painful death.

But……

Her eyelashes fluttered slightly as she recalled what Fedlock had said back then.

His first words were a request for her to devour him.

At that time, he was already stronger than she could comprehend, and he could clearly sense her weakness...

Yet he was still willing to be devoured by her, who was weaker than even the lower-level insectoids at the time.

Perhaps at that time, out of fear, she had actually developed some trust in him.

Every time she turned around after that, he was always there.

This remains true even today.

Unlike the other lord insects, Fidlock would not deliberately flaunt its presence in front of her or try to attract her attention in various ways.

He stood quietly behind her, as if he were air.

She had grown accustomed to his scent and his presence.

She knew she could always trust him.

Fiedlock's dark purple eyes remained fixed intently and devoutly on the king's retreating figure.

He knew the queen didn't like insects bothering her in any way, so he changed out of the clothes he had worn to attract her attention.

He knew the king disliked noise, so he tried his best to remain quiet.

This is also what he does best.

When he saw Wang turn around and look at him, all his thoughts froze instantly, and all that remained in his mind were Wang's gentle black eyes.

It took him a second to come to his senses.

He quickly moved to the king's side and carefully replaced the cold energy liquid in the king's hand with the best, warm energy liquid from his folded space.

Seeing that Wang hadn't touched the energy drink, he quickly placed many of Wang's favorite foods on the energy table.

After doing all this, he didn't know what else he should do, so he could only raise his head and cautiously look at the king in front of him.

Ai Ying looked at him and saw that he was the same as when they first met, unable to guess her inner thoughts, only knowing how to offer her the best of everything, and smiled helplessly.

But it is precisely this kind of Fiedlock that has made her feel exceptionally at ease from the beginning until now.

Recalling the scene she had witnessed during her inspection of the territory, she reached out and ruffled his black hair, praising him with a soft laugh:

"I have seen the current state of the insects in your territory."

“They are all doing well, and some of the old rides in the amusement park have been replaced with new ones.”

“You have governed your territory very well.”

Ai Ying watched as Fedorok's dark purple eyes suddenly lit up after hearing her praise, and she couldn't help but tighten her grip a little more.

His already short, black, tousled hair was ruffled by her, making him look even more innocent and adorable.

Although he didn't know how to guess her preferences, he firmly remembered the respect she showed for the lower insects.

Even though she didn't say anything, he still diligently fulfilled her expectations, striving to ensure that the insects in his territory could live happily and peacefully.

Ai Ying blinked slowly:

She still remembered this insect; it used to be known for its aggressive nature.

When she first discovered that her Gu magic had an effect on the Zerg, she vaguely saw the scene of Fidelock ruthlessly suppressing her subordinate Zerg.

At that time, she was weak and lacked confidence, so she could only say that she didn't like fighting insects.

But later on, he never attacked other insects first again; even when they fought, it was mostly a retaliatory attack.

He never did many of the things she disliked again.

A strange feeling welled up in Ai Ying's heart, but she didn't think about it too much.

She withdrew her hand from Fiedlock's hair.

She rested her chin on her hand, looking at the insect in front of her with a hint of helplessness:

"Aren't you bored staying here all the time?"

After she asked that question, Fedlock beside her seemed to have heard something shocking about the insect core. He suddenly opened his eyes wide, and his dark purple pupils even carried a rare hint of grievance and accusation.

It was as if her question had been so excessive that he found it unacceptable.

Fiedlock's thick eyelashes trembled incessantly; his mind was filled with dependence on the king.

How could I possibly be bored while staying by the King's side?!

This was clearly the happiest thing he could imagine!

A few seconds later, as if realizing something, he lowered his head and whispered:

"Is it Fiedlock who's disturbing the King?"

Looking at the insect with its disheveled hair and pitiful expression, Ai Ying felt a pang of guilt for having bullied it.

She lowered her voice and said:

"If you like, you can stay here."

Stay by her side.

Upon hearing this, Fedorok suddenly raised his head, his dark purple pupils filled with joy.

He nodded vigorously:

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Once Fiedlock had retreated behind her, Ai Ying continued looking at the information on the other species on the table.

Every time she turned around, she could see that quiet and devout figure behind her, and she could see all the emotions in those dark purple eyes.

His gaze seemed to hold not only reverence and piety for the king, but also a trace of dependence etched into his soul.

Just as Ai Ying was slightly stunned, a gust of wind suddenly blew into the insect nest.

The next second, Isaiah appeared in front of her.

This time, Isaiah spent half an hour rushing across all the planets in his territory.

He strictly ordered all the lower and higher insects to pay attention to their working hours, and if they worked overtime, he would cut off the nutrient solution needed by the plants in their nests.

He also assigned a supervisory task to each of his subordinate insects. If any insect violated the rules, he would pull it out and make it rest for three days in a row!

As the most emotionally aware of the lord insects, Isaiah's two punishments were firmly nailed to the lifeline of every insect.

All the insects patted their cores, hissing as they promised never to work secretly again!

After finishing these tasks, Isaiah hurried back to the hive to report his work to the king.

He did all this in just over half an hour.

He originally thought he was the lord insect who would complete the king's orders the fastest, but he didn't expect that as soon as he entered the insect hive, he would see that annoying figure standing behind the king.

Isaiah paused and looked around.

Just as he had guessed, the other insects had all been assigned tasks by the king and left the insect hive.

A hint of doubt flashed in his amber eyes:

Was Fedorock faster than him?

He slowed his pace and squinted slightly as he looked at Fedlock:

wrong!

The aura emanating from Fedorock was exactly the same as it had been before he left.

His body was completely untouched by the scent of the insects in his territory—he had not gone to his territory!

Fidelock was left in the hive by the king!

Isaiah suddenly clenched his fists, his wariness of Fidelock rising to its highest level in his insect brain:

This insect is more cunning than he thought!

Isaiah concealed all thoughts in his mind, quickly approached the king, and knelt on one knee:

"king."

"Isaiah has already set the working hours for the insects in his territory."

"From now on, these insects will never work overtime again."

After hearing Isaiah's voice, Ai Ying snapped out of her daze.

She nodded at him with satisfaction:

"very good."

"Isaiah, you've worked hard."

She never hesitated to praise the insects.

When Isaiah heard the king's voice, the insect core throbbed for a moment.

Of all these lord insects, only he failed to effectively supervise his own territory and did not ensure that the insects within it strictly followed the king's orders.

He had thought that the king would be disappointed by his mistake.

He had even prepared himself for being treated coldly by Wang.

But to his surprise, when he returned to the insect hive, he was not met with a cold rejection, but with a gentle praise.

Isaiah could no longer care about Fidelock, who had always stayed in the hive and by the king's side.

His voice, usually so eloquent, trembled slightly for the first time:

"No...it's not hard work."

"This is what Isaiah should do."

At this moment, Alfred, who was closest to the territory, also completed the king's orders and returned to the hive.

As the bug determined to be the first to climb onto the queen's nest, he has extensive experience in climbing the nest and also has his own set of criteria for judging competing bugs.

He could almost tell which insect was more 'dangerous' just by looking at the scene in the study.

He completely ignored Isaiah kneeling in the very center and looked straight at Fiedlock:

wrong!

The hair is wrong!

The breathing is off too!

Alfred's worm brain had never worked so fast before:

When he left the hive, only Norman, Jeffrey, and Fedlock remained.

Norman and Jeffrey are not here now; they must have been assigned tasks by the king and gone to their own territories.

So, after all the insects left, only Fidelock remained by the king's side.

Alfred looked at Fiedlock's slightly messy black hair, his gray-brown eyes gleaming with wisdom:

Fiedlock not only stayed by the king's side, he also got close to the king!

Wang even touched his hair!

He looked Fedorock up and down, his eyes full of disdain:

Dressed all in black, it doesn't look good at all!

And that hair, it's all messy and looks even worse!

This insect, who doesn't know how to dress itself up at all, must have used some trick to seduce the king and make him stay!

Alfred glared at Fedlock, but when he looked at the King, his gaze instantly became docile and harmless.

Not daring to keep Wang waiting, he quickly handed the prepared documents to Wang.

It lists the energy consumption of the energy pool in his territory and the time required to replace the energy liquid in the energy pool.

Ai Ying looked at the record on the paper and nodded in satisfaction.

Of course, she was more satisfied with Alfred's clothes.

Although the neckline is still... plunging down to her abs, it's at least much more covered up than before.

And the precarious belt that made her constantly worry about it breaking was gone.

Sure enough, we still need to keep the insects busy.

When you're busy, you don't have time to think about anything else!

Alfred, seeing the king's satisfied expression, hadn't even had a chance to show off his 'ascetic' clothes when he felt Horace's flamboyant and cheerful aura behind him.

Horace didn't notice anything amiss in the hive, nor did he realize that Fidelock had never left the king's side.

He strode up to the king and presented him with a chart summarizing the territorial insects' preferences for scales.

He personally supervised the statistics compiled from the insects!

He wrote every single word himself!

After seeing Wang take the form, he pretended to be indifferent, but his ears were secretly perked up.

Ai Ying had long sensed the immense anticipation within Horace's insect core.

She smiled and praised, "You did a great job."

"This form is very useful."

"Thank you for your hard work, Horace."

Horace felt as if he were floating in mid-air after being praised by the king, and he walked to his seat in a daze.

For the next ten minutes, he didn't even glance at the other insects, just stared blankly at the king, occasionally letting out a silly laugh.

Shortly after, Saville returned to the hive.

As the insect with the best observation skills, he quickly discovered that only Fidelock had not left the insect hive.

He lowered his eyes slightly, concealing all his emotions.

He knew this a long time ago:

For the king, Fidelock was always that special insect.

He had long since stopped fantasizing that if he were the first to appear by the king's side after hearing the king's call, he might replace Fedorok's current position in the king's heart.

He cannot change the past; he can only change the present and the future.

He will try his best to do what he can.

Perhaps one day, he too will gain the king's favor.

Saville respectfully reported the current state of the insect nests in his territory.

Without taking a second's rest, he placed the king's favorite energy liquid on the table, and replaced all the food that the king hadn't touched with fresh food.

After he finished doing everything, he saw the king nod and smile at him, then respectfully returned to his seat.

Ai Ying waited a while longer, and Norman, who was furthest from the territory, and Jeffrey, who was the slowest to react, both returned to their nest.

It was already very late.

After listening to their report, she praised them briefly and then went back to her bedroom to rest.

After watching the king's figure disappear through the study door, Isaiah smiled and looked at Fidellock.

But his smile, no matter how you looked at it, carried a hint of gritted teeth.

He said meaningfully, "That's really impressive."

"To be able to stay by the king's side alone for so long."

Alfred also unusually sided with Isaiah, but his targeting of Fiedlock was even more obvious:

"hehe."

"I don't know what methods I used to make my hair look like this."

Horace, listening to the two insects' conversation, suddenly realized:

What!

How could Fidlock leave a single insect in the nest for so long?!

And hair—

Horace's eyes widened suddenly when he saw Fiedlock's still somewhat disheveled black hair:

What? !

Wang even touched Fedorok's hair!

He was so angry that flames were constantly erupting from the area around him.

He walked forward with a cold face, bumped into Fedorok as he passed him, snorted, and went back to his bedroom.

Norman, standing in the corner, glanced at Fedlock's hair and felt a dull ache in his insect core.

For the first time, he realized that insects could make him feel so disgusted.

In the far distance, Saville calmly watched the conflict ahead, his gaze devoid of jealousy, only filled with self-mocking sorrow.

if……

Unfortunately, there are never any "what ifs".

Fiedlock didn't care at all about how the other insects treated him.

He placed one hand over the insect core, feeling its pulsation, and uncontrollably recalled the scene of the king looking at him one last time before the other insects returned to their nest.

Her gentleness was tinged with a slight smile.

At that time, the king only saw the existence of him, an insect.

Only him.

The pulsation of the Fiedlock worm's core suddenly went out of control.

He lowered his head, his mind filled only with the image of the king's gaze upon him.

At this point, even if an insect were to poke him with its pincers, he might not be able to react in time.

Not to mention a few words of criticism or a simple clash.

Soon, the insects in the study all left one after another.

By the time Jeffrey finally realized from Isaiah's words that Fidelock had been by the king's side the whole time, he was the only insect left around.

He tilted his head, somewhat bewildered:

Isn't it normal for a king to have an insect serving him?

Why do the other insects all look so strange?

Back in his bedroom, Jeffrey slept for three hours before suddenly waking up:

Fidelock stayed by the king's side the whole time + Fidelock's hair was messy + Fidelock usually never touched his hair = the king ruffled Fidelock's hair.

After arriving at this equation, Jeffrey's expression turned sour.

*

Human Empire.

In the palace of the Crown Princess.

Claudia's face turned deathly pale.

She had just learned from Marquis Ian that her father was investigating her actions during this time.

The entire empire is under the control of the Emperor. Whatever he wants to investigate, the Knights can find out exactly what he wants to know.

Her father will surely find out about what she did a few months ago, when she had Marquis Ian destroy the abandoned planet.

She had been cautious enough, and before destroying that wasteland, she had laid the groundwork by planning several riots on the wasteland, making everyone think that the wasteland was no longer of any use.

But this could only fool others; it was impossible to fool the Knights, let alone the Emperor.

If the Emperor continues to investigate along the trail of the abandoned planet, he will find the picture of Ai Ying that was accidentally recorded on the abandoned planet.

Even if she had the images destroyed, the Knights had a hundred ways to recover the image data.

If the Emperor were to see that picture, he would surely be able to guess Ai Ying's identity.

Thinking of this, Claudia's chest heaved violently:

By then, there will be a king who can control the Zerg, and a crown princess who is practically useless...

She didn't need to guess; she knew which one her father would choose.

It's no longer a matter of her status as the crown princess.

Having served as the Crown Princess for twenty years, she was acutely aware of her father's ruthlessness and the cold-bloodedness of the Landis family.

Once the Emperor learns Ai Ying's true identity, he will only choose to sacrifice her.

If the Emperor were more lenient, he would only declare her guilty of attempting to kill the Insect Queen, and then, in the name of appeasing the Insect Clan's anger, publicly execute her.

If her father were ruthless, he might cripple her and throw her into the Zerg, letting Ai Ying vent her anger on him.

No matter what, her only fate was death.

It's just a matter of how painful the death is.

Realizing this, Claudia calmed down.

Now is not the time to be afraid.

If she wants to survive, she must prepare before her father finds out Ai Ying's true identity.

She crossed her hands together, her fingers unconsciously tightening until her fingertips turned deathly white.

At this moment, the pain made her exceptionally clear-headed:

If only she knew how Ai Ying became the Insect Queen—

Claudia suddenly released her grip:

No.

She didn't need to know what Ai Ying relied on to be recognized as the Insect Queen by the Zerg.

All she needed to know was that Ai Ying was a human, and a human with the bloodline of Lantis.

Since she is human, she cannot be the true insect queen.

If the Zerg learn of this news, they will discover Ai Ying's true identity once they verify it.

At that time, Ai Ying would definitely be torn to pieces by the enraged Zerg.

Even if Ai Ying is useful while alive, she will be worthless once she dies.

By then, even if the Emperor learns Ai Ying's true identity, he will not value her, who is already dead.

The father only wants to take advantage of the chaos among the Zerg to try to seize something from them, or even wipe out the Zerg who have lost their queen.

In this way, she could not only survive, but perhaps even secure her position as Crown Princess more firmly.

Claudia raised her head, her golden eyes filled with a desperate ruthlessness.

She didn't know what Ai Ying's trump card was, nor did she know if she could outrun her father.

But that was all she could do.

Only in this way can she survive.

*

In the past few days, a rumor that sounds absurd has suddenly spread in interstellar space.

Rumor has it that the current Zerg Queen is a human.

How is that possible?!

Are all Zerg foes stupid, and all Zerg overlords lacking a Zerg brain?

If a human dared to impersonate the Zerg Queen, she would be torn to shreds by the Zerg before she could even utter a single word, believe it or not?

Just when all species completely disbelieved it and even treated the rumor as a joke, the rumor not only did not stop, but intensified.

The rumor also mentioned many similarities between the insect queen and humans, and listed many differences between the current insect queen and previous insect queens.

Looking at it this way, the current insect queen is indeed a bit different.

But the difference between her and the previous insect queen is that she has advantages for their species!

They definitely don't want to see the Zerg from six months ago, who were crazy, robbing everything and setting off planets like fireworks all the time!

Although they still didn't believe the rumor, they secretly prayed that the Insect Queen really was the Insect Queen.

Within a day.

The rumors have already spread to the Zerg territory.

The first reaction of all lower insects is:

"Hiss—Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey!"

"You are the false king, your whole family are false kings, your entire species are false kings!"

They had all felt the King's presence, had all been comforted by the King, and had all been healed by the King's energy.

How dare any species slander their powerful, perfect, and gentle king as human?!

Some clever, lower insects keenly sensed the human conspiracy:

"Hiss—they lied to us that our king is human."

"Hiss—they must have seen something wrong with their king and want to steal our king away!!"

"Hiss—they must be trying to steal our king!"

"Hiss—Oh my god! Could Wang really believe those scammers?!"

Upon hearing the insect's words, all the insects panicked:

What if Wang Zhen is really fooled by those swindlers and thinks he's human?!

Will the king abandon them and choose to become king in the human empire?!

Hiss—What to do, what to do?!

Upon hearing this rumor, the insect lords' brains did not harbor the slightest doubt about the King.

From the moment they saw the king, they knew that the king was the king.

He is the king they have been waiting for for three hundred years.

In their insect brains, there was only one thought:

Even if they are fake insects, the king can't be a fake king!

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Author's note: The male lead has been decided, it's Fedorock.

Yingying has completed the construction of all the Zerg territories, and all the Zerg are now living happy and joyful lives.

This story is nearing its end; there are about four or five more chapters until the main text concludes.

Thank you to every little angel who read this far, love you all! [heart emoji]

Today I'm giving out red envelopes to all the little angels.